Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
The illicit antiquities trade is a vast and complex network comprising a large number of participants across the globe. This paper focuses specifically on looters and illegal excavators, those who first retrieve ancient objects from the ground to be traded on the black market. My research examines the reasoning and motivation behind looting; specifically, I evaluate how nationalistic ideologies in Turkey and Iraq affect the choices and actions of illegal excavators living there. I also discuss the benefits of community archaeology, an approach that includes local people in the practice and presentation of excavation, as a strategy to minimize the destruction of cultural heritage.
Recommended Citation
Pettengill, Miranda, "Nationalism, Archaeology, and the Antiquities Trade in Turkey and Iraq" (2012). Classical Mediterranean and Middle East Honors Projects. 16.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/classics_honors/16
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